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Written  Ij  W.  S.  GILBERT.  Composed  by  ARTHTJE  SULLIVAN, 

DRAMATIS    PERSONVE, 

As  first  nroduced  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  Xew  York,  uuder  the  managenieut 
of  Mr.  R.  D'Oyly  Carte,  Wednesday,  Dec.  31.  1879. 

Richard,  a  Pirato  Chief,     Mr.  Bkocolini. 

Samuel,  his  Lieutenant Mr.FuKNEAiTX  Cook. 

Fkedeeic,  a  Pirate  Apprentice Mr.  Hugh  Talbot. 

Majoe-Genekal  Stanley,  of  the  British 

Army Mr.  J.  H.  Kyley. 

Edwakd,  a  Serjifeant  of  Polirc  .         ....  Mr.  F.  Clifton. 

Mabel,  Oeneral  Stanley'.s  Youngest 

Daughter     Miss  Blanche  Roosevelt. 

Kate,      1  <i*^      f  Miss  R.  Bkandram. 

Edith,     |  Gen3ral  Stanley's  Daughters .   ■{  Miss  Jessie  Bond. 
Isabel,  J  [  Miss  Baelow. 

Ruth  a  Piraiical  "Maid-ol'-all-work'"  .  .  Miss  ALKUi  Baenetv. 
General  Stanh-y's  Daugliters,  Pirates,  Policemen,  etc. 

SCB.TSIB. 
Act  iST. — A  hociiij  Sia^iiiore  on  liie  Coa><i  oi  tonitnul,  EiKjhuid 
Act  2d.— a  Ruined  Chapel  on  General  Stanley's  Estate 


I'HE  PIRATES  OF  PliiNZANOfc; 

OK, 


Scene. — A  rocky  sea-shore  on  the  coast  of  Corniva//.     P.'c'ci  I. 
slaping  down  to  L.  C.  of  stage.      Under  these  rocks  is  a  cavtr.i, 
the  entrance  to  which  is  seen  at  first  entrance  L.    A  natural  nrrJi 
of  rock  occiqnes  the  li.  C.  of  the  stage.     In  the  distance  is  a  cants 
sea,  on  which  a  schooner  is  lying  at  anchor. 

As  the  curtain  rises  groups  of  Pirates  are  discovered,  xorue  drink- 
ing, some  phiying  cur-is.  Sa:\iiji:i-,  the  Pirate  Lieutenant,  w 
goi)ig  from  one  group  to  anotJter,  filling  the  cups  from  a  fi-xsk 
Fredekic  is  seated  in  a  despondent  attitude  id  ine  duck  of  i/w 
viene,  G.     Ruth  kneels  at  his  feet. 

Opening  Chorus. 
i'our,  oh  pour  the  pirate  sherry! 

Fill,  oh  fill  the  pirate  ghiss ! 
And,  to  make  us  more  tlian  merry, 

Let  the  pirate  bumper  pass. 

Solo. — Sa.aiuel. 
For  to-day  our  pirate  '])reiitice 

Rises  from  indentures  freed. 
Strong  his  arm  and  keen  his  scent  I"; 

He's  a  pirate  now  indeed ! 

All. 
Here's  good  luck  to  Frederic's  vent'jr.t. '. 
Frederic's  out  of  his  indentures! 

Solo. — Samuel. 
Two-and-twenty,  now  lie's  r'«">,i,;. 

And  alone  he's  tit  to  fly  ; 
Which  we're  bent  on  signalizing" 

With  unusual  revelry. 

All. 
Here's  good  luck  to  Frederic's  ventures  •. 
Frederic's  out  of  his  indentures. 

So  pour,  oh  ])our  the  pirate  sherry,  etc. 

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FRKDii:urc  rues  and  comes  forward  xvUh  Pirate  Kino,  who  euterx 
from  R.  U.  E.) 

KiMG.  Yes,  Frederic,  from  to-day  you  rauk  as  a  full-blown 
member  of  our  baud. 

All.     Hurrah  j 

Fredekic.  My  frieuds,  I  thank  you  all,  from  my  heart,  for 
••.'our  kindly  Avislies.  Would  that  1  could  repay  them  as  they 
1  ('serve ! 

King.     What  do  you  mean? 

Fred.  To-day  I  am  out  of  my  indentures,  and  to-day  I  leave 
vou  for  ever. 

All.     Leave  us? 

Fred.     For  ever ! 

King.  But  this  is  quite  unuccouii table.  A  keener  hand  ai 
ricuttlijig  a  Cunarder  or  cutting  out  a  White  Star  never  shipped 
a  hands})ike. 

FuED.  Yes,  I  have  dune  my  best  for  you.  And  why?  It  \va« 
my  duty  under  my  indentures,  and  I  am  the  slave  of  duty.  As 
a  child  I  Wixs  regularly  apprenticed  to  your  band.  It  was  through 
an  error.  No  matter,  the  mistake  was  ours,  not  yours,  and  I  was 
in  honor  bound  by  it. 

Samuel.     An  error  ?     What  error  ? 

Fred.  I  may  not  tell  you.  It  would  reflect  upon  my  well- 
loved  Ruth. 

(Ruth  comes  down  G.) 

RuTU.  Nay,  dear  master,  my  mind  has  long  been  gnawed  by 
ihe  cankering  tooth  of  mj'^stery.     Better  have  it  out  at  once. 

Song. — Ruth. 

When  Frederic  was  a  little  lad  he  proved  so  brave  and  daring 
Mis  father  thought  he'd  'prentice  him  to  some  career  seafaring. 
I  was,  alas !  his  nursery-maid,  and  so  it  fell  to  my  lot 
I'o  take  and  bind  this  promising  boy  a|)prentice  to  a  pilot. 
A  life  not  bad  for  a  hardy  lad,  though  certainly  not  a  high 

lot; 
Though  I'm  a  nurse,  you  might  do  worse  than. make  your  boj 
a  pilot. 

I  was  a  stupid  nurs*"  ry-maid,  on  breakers  always  steering, 

And  I   did  not  ca.,ch  the  word  aright,  through  being  hard  oj 

hearing. 
Mistaking  my  instructions,  which  within  my  brain  did  c/j/rate. 
I  took  and  bound  this  promising  boy  api)rentice  to  a  pirate. 

A  sad  mistake  it  was  to  make,  and  (h)om  him  to  a  vile  lot . 

I  bound  him  to  a  pirate — you — instead  of  to  a  pilot! 


6 

I  soon  found  out,  beyond  all  doubt,  the  scope  of  this  disaster ; 
But  I  hadn't  the  face  to  return  to  uiy  place  and  break  it  to  mj 

master, 
A.  nursery-maid  is  never  afraid  of  what  you  people  call  work, 
80  I  made  up  my  mind  to  go  as  a  kind  of  piratical  nmid-of-all- 
work ; 
And  that  is  how  you  find  me  now  a  member  of  your  shy  lot, 
Which  you  wouldn't  have  found  had  he  been  bound  appreD- 
tice  to  a  pilot. 

Ruth.    {Kneeling  at  his  feet.)    Oh  pardon,  Frederic !  i)ardou  1 

Fred.     Rise,  sweet  one  ;  I  have  long  pardoned  you. 

(Ruth  rises.) 

Ruth.     The  two  words  were  so  much  alike ! 

Fred.  They  still  are,  though  years  have  rolled  over  their 
heads!  (Ruth  groes  t<^  wi</i  Samuel.)  But  this  afternoon  my 
obligation  ceases.  Individually,  I  love  you  all  with  aflection 
unspeakable ;  but  collectively,  I  look  upon  you  with  a  disgust 
that  amounts  to  absolute  detestation.  Oh  pity  me,  my  beloved 
friends,  for  such  is  my  sense  of  duty  that  once  out  of  my  inden- 
tures I  shall  feel  myself  bound  to  devote  myself,  heart  and  soul, 
to  your  extermination. 

All.     Poor  lad  !  poor  lad  !     {All  weep.) 

King.  Well,  Frederic,  if  you  conscientiously  feel  that  it  is 
your  duty  to  destroy  us,  we  cannot  blame  you  for  acting  on  that 
conviction.  Always  act  in  accordance  with  the  dictates  of  your 
conscience,  my  boy,  and  chance  the  consequences. 

Samuel.  Besides,  we  can  offer  you  but  little  temptation  to 
remain  witii  us.  We  don't  seem  to  make  piracy  pay.  I'm  sure 
I  don't  know  why,  but  we  don't. 

Fred.  I  know  why,  but,  alas  !  I  mustn't  tell  you  :  it  wouldn't 
be  right. 

KiNc.  Why  not,  my  boy  ?  It's  only  half-past  eleven,  and 
you  are  one  of  us  until  the  clock  strikes  twelve. 

Sam.  True,  and  until  then  you  are  bound  to  protect  our  in- 
terests. 

All.     Hear!  hear! 

Fred.  Well,  then,  it  is  my  duty  as  a  pirate  to  tell  you  that 
you  are  too  tender-hearted.  For  instance,  you  make  a  point  of 
never  attacking  a  weaker  i)arty  than  yourselves,  and  wlien  you 
attack  a  stronger  i)arty  you  invariably  get  thnished. 

King.     Tiiere  is  some  truth  in  that. 

Fred.  Then,  again,  you  make  a  point  of  never  moleatiug  an 
orphan. 

Sam.  Oi' course:  we  are  orpiians  ourselves,  and  know  whfci 
it  ib. 


6 

Fkkd.  Yes,  but  it  has  got  about,  and  what  is  the  consequence? 
Every  one  we  capture  says  he's  an  orphan.  The  hist  three  ships 
we  took  proved  to  be  manned  entirely  by  orphans,  and  so  we 
liad  to  let  'em  go.  One  would  think  that  Great  Britain's  mer- 
cantile navy  was  recruited  solely  from  her  orphan  a-^yhims,  which 
we  know  is  not  the  case.  {Crosses  E.) 

Sam.  But,  hang  it  all  !  you  wouldn't  have  an  absolutely 
merciless  ? 

Fred.  There's  my  difficulty.  Until  twelve  o'clock  I  would  : 
after  twelve  o'clock  I  wouldn't.  Was  ever  a  man  placed  in  so 
delicate  a  situation? 

(Ruth  comes  doivn   C.) 

Ruth.  And  Ruth,  your  own  Ruth,  whom  you  love  so  well, 
and  who  has  won  her  middle-aged  way  into  your  boyish  heart — 
what  is  to  become  of  her? 

King.     Oh,  he  will  take  you  with  him. 

Fred.  Well,  Ruth,  I  feel  some  little  difficulty  about  you.  It 
is  true  that  I  admire  j^ou  very  much,  but  I  have  been  constantly 
at  sea  since  I  was  eight  years  old,  and  yours  is  the  only  woman's 
face  I  have  seen  during  that  time.     I  tliink  it  is  a  sweet  face. 

Ruth.     It  is — oh,  it  is! 

Fred.  I  say  T  think  it  is — that  is  my  impression.  But  as  I 
have  never  had  an  opportunity  of  comparing  you  with  other 
women,  it  is  just  possible  I  may  be  mistaken. 

King.    True. 

Fred.  What  a  terrible  thing  it  would  be  if  I  were  to  marry 
this  innocent  person,  and  then  find  out  that  she  is,  on  the  whole, 
plain  ! 

King.     Oh,  Ruth  is  very  well — verj-  Avell  indeed. 

i^.\M.     Yes,  there  are  the  remains  of  a  fine  woman  about  Ruth. 

Fred.  Do  you  really  think  so?  Then  I  will  not  be  so  selfish 
as  to  take  her  from  you.  In  justice  to  her  and  in  consideration 
for  vou  I  will  leave  her  behind.     {Haiuh  Ruth  to  King.) 

King.  No,  Frederic,  this  must  not  be.  We  are  rough  men, 
who  lead  a  rough  life,  but  we  are  not  so  utterly  heartless  as  to 
deprive  thee  of  thj'  love.  I  think  I  am  right  in  saying  that  there 
is  not  one  here  who  would  deprive  thee  of  this  inestimable  treas- 
ure for  all  the  world  holds  dear. 

All.     {Loudly.)     Not  one! 

King.  No,  I  thought  there  wasn't.  Keep  thy  love,  Frederic 
— keep  thy  love!     (Hands  her  hack  to  Frederic.') 

Fred.     You're  very  good,  I'm  sure. 

King.  Well,  it's  the  top  of  the  tide,  and  we  must  be  otf. 
Farewell,  Frederic.     When  your  process  of  extermination  begins. 


let  our  deaths  be  as  swift  and  painless  as  you  can  conveniently 
make  them. 

Fked.  I  wiU.  By  the  love  1  have  for  you,  I  swear  it.  Would 
that  you  could  render  this  extermination  unnecessary  by  accom- 
panying me  back  to  civilization! 

King.  No,  Frederic,  it  cannot  be.  I  don't  think  much  of 
our  profession,  but,  contrasted  with  respectability,  it  is  compar- 
atively honest.  Xo,  Frederic;  I  shall  live  and  die  a  pirate 
king. 

SoxG. — Pirate  King. 

Oh  better  far  to  live  and  die 
Under  the  brave  black  flag  I  fly, 
Than  play  a  sanctimonious  part 
With  a  pirate  head  and  a  pirate  heart. 
Away  to  the  cheating  world  go  you, 
Where  pirates  all  are  well-to-do  ; 
But  I'll  be  true  to  the  song  I  sing. 
And  live  and  die  a  Pirate  King! 
For  I-am  a  Pirate  King! 

All.  You  are!     Hurrah  for  the  Pirate  King! 

King.  And  it  is,  it  is  a  glorious  thing 

To  be  a  Pirate  King! 

All.  It  is       Hurrah  for  our  Pirate  King! 

King.  When  I  sallj'  forth  to  seek  my  prey 

I  help  myself  in  a  royal  way. 
I  sink  a  few  more  ships,  it's  true. 
Than  a  well-bred  monarch  ought  to  do  ; 
But  many  a  king  on  a  first-class  throne, 
If  he  wants  to  call  his  crown  his  own, 
Must  manage  somehow  to  get  through 
More  dirty  work  than  ever  /  do. 
Though  I  am  a  Pirate  King! 

All.  You  are!     Hurrah  for  the  Pirate  King! 

King.  And  it  is,  it  is  a  glorious  thing 

To  be  a  Pirate  King! 

All.  It  is!     Hurrah  for  our  Pirate  King! 

{After  Sony,  the  King,  SAiMUKL,  and  all  the  Piraits,  except  Fred- 
eric «»rf  Ruth, //o  off  1\.  and  R.  U.  E.  Frederic  comes  down 
C,  followed  by  Erni.) 

Ruth.  Oh  take  me  with  you!  I  cannot  live  if  T  im  Ifft 
behind. 


Fred.  Ruth,  I  will  be  quite  candid  with  you.  You  are  very 
dear  to  me,  as  you  know,  but  I  must  be  circumspect.     You  see, 

;^ou  are  cousiderably  older  than  I :  a  lad  of  twenty-cue  usually 
ooks  for  a  wife  of  seventeen. 

RuTu.  A  wife  of  seventeen  !  You  will  find  me  a  wife  of  a 
thousand ! 

Fri-:d.  No,  but  I  shall  find  you  a  wife  of  forty-seven,  and 
thi.t  is  quite  enough  now.  lluth,  tell  me  candidly  and  without 
reserve:  compared  with  other  women,  how  are  youf 

Ruth.  I  will  answer  you  truthfully,  master :  I  have  a  slight 
cold,  but  otherwise  I  am  quite  well. 

Feed.  I  am  sorry  for  your  cold,  but  I  was  referring  rather 
to  your  personal  appearance.  Compared  with  other  women,  are 
you  beautiful  ? 

Ruth.     {Bashfully.)     I  have  been  told  so,  dear  master. 

Fred.     Ah,  but  lately  ? 

Ruth.     Oh  no  ;  years  and  years  ago. 

Fred.     But  what  do  you  think  yourself? 

Ruth.  It  is  a  delicate  question  to  answer,  but  I  think  I  am 
a  fine  woman. 

Fred,     That  is  your  candid  opinion? 

Ruth.  Yes :  I  should  be  deceiving  you  if  I  told  you  other- 
wise. 

Fred.  Thank  you,  Ruth,  I  believe  you,  for  I  am  sure  you 
Would  not  practise  on  my  inexperience.  I  wish  to  do  the  right 
thing,  and  if — I  say,  if- — you  are  really  a  fine  woman,  your  age 
shall  be  no  obstacle  to  our  union.     (Shakes  hands  %vit}i  her.) 

(Chorus  of  girls  heard  in  the  extreme  distance,  ^^ Climbing  over 
rocky  mountains,"  etc.     See  entrance  of  girls.) 

Fi;i:d.  Hark!  surely  I  hear  voices.  Who  has  ventured  to 
approach  our  all  but  inaccessible  lair?  Can  it  be  custom-house? 
No,  it  does  not  sound  like  custom-house. 

Ruth.  (Aside.)  Confusion !  It  is  the  voices  of  young  girls  I 
If  he  should  see  them  1  am  lost. 

Fked.  (^Climbing  rocky  arch  J{.  C.  and  looking  off  L.)  By 
all  that's  marvellous,  a  bevy  of  beautiful  maidens! 

Klth.     (Aside.)     Lost!  lost!  lost! 

Fred.  How  lovely,  how  surpassingly  lovely,  is  the  plainest 
of  them  !  What  grace !  what  delicacy !  what  refinement !  and 
Ruth — Ruth  told  me  she  was  beautiful  1 

Fred.     Oh  false  one,  you  have  deceived  me  !      .•? 
Ruth.     I  have  deceived  you?  ■.^^^\.^j  ^ 

Fred.     Yes,  deceived  me  !     (Denouncing  her  ^ 


h'C' 


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Duet — Frkdekic  and  Ruth. 
Fred.     You  told  me  you  were  fair  as  gold. 
Ruth.     C  Wildly.)     And,  master,  am  I  uot  so  ? 
Fred.     And  now  I  see  you're  plain  and  old. 
Ruth.     I  am  sure  I  am  not  a  jot  so.  ^^>^' 

Fred.     Upon  my  innocence  you  play,  ^y*^'' 
Ruth.     I'm  not  the  one  to  g^lgt  so. 
Fred.     Your  lace  is  lined,  your  hair  is  gray. 
Ruth.  ,  It's  gradually  got  so.        jM,-;i;ji/i^  -[ 

Fbed.    ;Faithle6s  woman,  to  deceive  me !— I  who  trusted  so  i 
Ruth.     Master,  master,  do  not  leave  me ;  hear  me  ere  you  gol 
My  love,  without  reflecting, 
Oh  do  not  be  rejecting. 
Take  a  niaiden  tender,  her  affection  raw  and  green. 
At  very  highest  rating 
Has  been  accumulating 
Summers  seventeen,  summers  seventeen. 

Don't,  beloved  master. 

Crush  me  with  disaster ! 
What  is  such  a  dower  to  the  dower  I  have  here? 

My  love,  unabating, 

Has  been  accumulating 
Forty -seven  year,  forty-*ven  year ! 
Ensemble. 


Ruth. 
Don't,  beloved  master, 
Crush  me  with  disaster,  etc. 
What  is  such  a  dower  to  the 
dower  I  have  here  ?  etc. 


Fred. 

Yes,  your  former  master  .^^ 

Saves  you  from  disaster.         y^ 
Your  love  would  be  uncom- 
fortably fervid,  it  is  clear, 
If,  as  you  are  stating. 
It's  been  accumulating 

Forty-seven  year,  forty-seven 
year  ! 
{Ai  the  end  he  renounces  her,  and  she  goes  off  R.  in  despair.) 

Regit.— Fred. 
What  shall  I  do?     Before  these  gentle  maidens  I_  dare  nov 
ihow  in  this  alarming  costume.     No,  no,  I  must  remam  m  cIom 
concealment  until  I  can  appear  in  decent  clothuig.     {J^'^t  K.) 
(Hides  in  cave  as  they  enter  from  R.  and  L.,  climbing  over  th«  roeki 
at  I .  of  the  stage  and  through  arched  rock  R.) 
Fred. 
Climbing  over  rocky  mountain, 
Skipping  ri'-ulet  and  fountain, 


v.V^' 


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Passing  where  the  willows  quiver 
By  the  ever-rollino;  river. 

Swollen  with  the  svmiraer  raiii ; 
Threading  long  and  leafy  mazes, 
Dotted  with  unnumbered  daisies, 
Sealing  rough  and  rugged  passes, 
Climb  the  hardy  little  lasses. 

Till  the  bright  seashore  they  gain. 

Edith, 
Let  us  gayly  tread  the  measure, 
Make  the  most  of  fleeting  pleasure, 
Hail  it  as  a  true  ally. 
Though  it  perish  by  and  by. 

All. 
Hail  it  as  a  true  ally. 
Though  it  perish  by  and  by. 

Edith. 
Every  naoment  brings  a  treasure 
Of  its  own  especial  pleasure : 
Though  the  moments  qucDkly  die, 
Greet  them  gayly  as  they  fly.  ( Dane«.) 

Kate. 
Far  aAvay  from  toil  and  care, 
Revelling  in  fresh  sea-air. 
Here  we  live  and  reign  alone. 
In  a  world  that's  all  our  own. 

Here,  in  this  our  rocky  den. 
Far  away  from  mortal  men. 
We'll  be  queens  and  make  decrees : 
They  may  honor  them  who  please. 

All. 
Let  us  gayly  tread  the  measure,  etc. 

Kate.     What  a  picturesque  spot !     I  wonder  where  we  are  f 

Edith.  And  I  wonder  where  papa  is?  We  have  left  hia 
ever  so  far  behind. 

Isabel.  Oh,  he  will  be  here  presently.  Remember,  jhkm 
pai)a  is  not  as  young  as  we  are,  and  we  came  over  a  rather  dif- 
ficult country. 

Kate.  But  how  thoroughly  delightful  it  is  to  be  so  entirely 
alone!  Why,  in  all  proliability  we  are  the  first  human  beings 
who  ever  set  foot  on  this  enchanting  s))ot. 


II 

IsA  BEL.     Except  the  mermaids :  it's  the  very  place  for  mer- 
maids— 

Kate.     Who  are  ouly  human  beings  down  to  the  waist — 
Edith.     And  who  can't  be  said,  strictly,  to  set  foot  anywhere. 
Tails  they  may,  but  feet  they  cannot. 

Kate.     But  what  shall  we  do  until  papa  and  the  servants 
arrive  with  the  luncheon  ?     (All  listen  and  come  down.) 

Edith.     We  are  quite  alone,  and  the  sea  is  as  smooth  as  glass. 
8up})0se  we  take  off  our  shoes  and  stockings  and  paddle  ? 

All.     Yes,  yes — the  very  thing  ! 
(They  prepare  to  carry  out  the  sxcggestion.    They  have  all  taken  off 
one  shoe,  when  Frederic  comes  forward  from  cave.) 
Fred.     {Recitative.)     Stop,  ladies,  pray ! 
All.     {Hopping  on  one  foot.)     A  man! 
Fred.      I  had  intended 

Not  to  intrude  myself  upon  your  notice 
In  this  effective  but  alarming  costume, 
But   under   these   peculiar    circumstances  it  is  jny 

bounden  duty  to  inform  you 
That  your  proceedings  will  not  be  unwitnessed, 
Edith.     But  who  are  you,  sir  ?    Speak  !     {All  hopping.) 
Fred.    I  am  a  pirate ! 

All.     {Recoiling,  hopping.)     A  pirate !     Horror ! 
Fred.      Ladies,  do  not  shun  me. 

This  evening  I  renounce  my  vile  profession, 
And  to  that  end,  O  pure  and  peei'less  maidens, 
O  blushing  buds  of  ever-blooming  beauty, 
I,  sore  of  heart,  implore  your  kind  assistance. 
Edith.     How  pitiful  his  tale ! 
Kate.     How  rare  his  beauty ! 

All.     How  i)itiful  his  tale !  how  rare  his  beauty  I     {Put  on 
iKeir  shoes.) 

Song. — Frederic. 
Oh  is  there  not  one  maiden  breast 

Which  does  not  feel  the  moral  beauty 
Of  making  worldly  interest 

Subordinate  to  sense  of  duty  ? 
\Vlio  would  not  give  up  willingly 

All  matrimonial  ambition 
To  rescue  such  an  one  as  I 

From  his  unfortunate  position?         {Orostes  M.) 

Ali.-        Alas !  there's  not  one  maiden  breaat 

Which  seems  to  feel  the  moral  beauty 
Of  making  worldly  interest 
Subordinate  to  sense  of  duty. 


Frkd. 
Oh,  is  there  not  one  luaiden  here 

Whose  hc^mely  face  and  had  coiuplexioa 
Have  caused  all  hope  to  disappear 

Of  ever  winning  man's  ati'ection  ? 
To  such^an  one,  if  such  there  be, 

I  swear,  by  heaven's  arch  above  you, 
If  you  will  cast  your  eyes  ou  me, 

However  plain  you  be,  I'll  love  you. 

All. 
^)'i.%\  there's  not  one  maiden  here 

Whose  homely  face  and  bad  complexi<Hi 
Have  caused  all  hope  to  disappear 

Of  ever  winning  man's  affection. 

Fred,     (Li  de/^pair.)     Not  one? 
All.     No,  no,  not  one. 
Fred.     Not  one  ? 
All.     No,  no ! 

(jNlAiiEL  enters  through  arch  R.  CA 
Mabel.     Yes,  one  ! 
All.     'Tis  Mabel ! 
Mabel.     Yes,  'tis  Mabel ! 

Rkcit. — Mabi:j.. 
0  sisters,  deaf  to  pity's  name? 

For  shame  ! 
It's  true  th.at  he  lias  gone  astray, 

But,  pray. 
Is  that  a  reason  good  and  true 

Why  yon 
Should  all  be  deaf  to  pity's  name? 

For  shame ! 
^i>     {Aside.)    The  question  is,  had  he  not  been 

A  thing  of  beauty. 
Would  she  be  swayed  by  quite  as  keea 

A  sense  of  duty  ? 

Solo. — Mabel. 
Poor  wandering  one, 

Tliough  thou  liast  surely  strayed, 
Take  heart  of  grace ; 
Thy  stci)S  retrace; 

Be  not  afraid. 


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Poor  wandering  one, 

If  such  poor  love  as  mine 

Can  help  thee  find 

True  ]»eace  of  mind, 

Why,  take  it — it  is  thine. 
All.  Take  heart !  no  danger  lowers ; 

Take  any  heart— but  ours! 
Mabel  Take  heart!  fair  days  will  shiiie. 

Take  any  heart — take  mine ! 

(Mabel  and  Fred  exit  L.) 

(Mabej  a7id  Fred  go  to  mouth  of  cave  L.,  and  co>i.vcr«e.     Kati 
beckons  her  sisters,  who  form  in  a  semicircle  around  her.) 

Edith. 
What  ought  we  to  do, 

Gentle  sister?,  say  ? 
Propriety,  we  know, 

Says  we  ought  to  stay. 
While  sympathy  exclaims, 

"  Free  them  from  your  tether ; 
Play  at  other  games ; 

Leave  them  here  together." 

iv.VTE. 

Her  case  may  any  day 

Be  yours,  my  dear,  or  mine  ; 
Let  her  make  her  hay 

While  the  sun  doth  shine. 
Let  us  compromise 

(Our  hearts  are  not  of  leather) : 
Let  us  shut  our  eyes 

And  talk  about  the  weather. 

(Edith,  Kate,  and  girls  retire  up,  and  sit  two  and  ttvo.faeing  eaek 

other,  in  a  line  across  the  stage.) 

(Chatteriko  Chorus,  during  which  Fred  and  Mabel  fondle) 

How  beautifully  blue  the  sky ! 
The  glass  is  rising  very  high. 
Continue  fine  I  hope  it  may, 
Acd  yet  it  rained  but  yesterday : 
To-morrow  it  may  jiour  again 
(I  hear  tlie  country  wants  some  rain) 
Yet  people  sny,  I  know  not  why, 
TltHt  we  shal!  havn  a  uarni  .lidy. 


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Solo. — Mabkl. 
{During  this  the  girls  coniinxie  their  chatter  pianissimo,  but  listen- 
ing eagerly  all  the  time.) 

Did  ever  maiden  ^vake 

From  dream  of  homely  dut}' 
To  find  her  dayliglit  break 

With  such  exceeding  beauty  ? 
Did  ever  maiden  close 

iier  eyes  on  wakening  sadness, 
To  dream  of,  Goodness  knows, 

H->'*  much  exceeding  gladness  ? 

Ff.kd. 
Ah  yes,  ah  yes,  this  is  exceeding  gladness. 
(Frederic  and  Mabel  turn  and  see  that  the  girls  are  listening , 
detected,  they  continue  their  chatter,  forte.). 

Girls. 
How  beautifully  blue  the  sky  !  etc.  etc. 

Solo — Fkeu. 

(During  this  the  girls  continue  their  chatter,  pianissimo,  05  before, 

but  listening  intently  all  the  time.) 

Did  ever  pirate  roll 

His  soul  in  guilty  dreaming, 
And  wake  to  find  that  soul 

With  peace  and  virtue  beaming? 
Did  ever  pirate  loatlied 

Forsake  his  hideous  mission, 
To  find  himself  betrothed 

To  a  lady  of  position  ? 

Mabel. 
Ah  yes,  ah  yes,  1  am  a  lady  of  position. 

(Mabel  and  Fred  turn  as  before.     Girls  resume  their  chaUei, 

forte.) 

exsemble. 
Mabel.  Fkkd.  Girls. 

Did  ever  maiden  Did  ever  pirate  How  beautiftilly  blue 

wake,  etc.  loathed,  etc.  the  sky,  etc. 

II  EC. — Fred. 
Stay  ;  we  must  not  lose  our  senses 
Men  who  dlick  at  no  offences 
Will  anon  l)e  here. 


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Piracy  their  dreadful  trade  is  ; 
Pray  you  get  you  hence,  young  ladiea. 
While  the  coast  is  clear. 

Girls. 
No,  we  must  not  lose  our  senses, 
If  they  stick  at  no  offences. 
We  should  not  be  here. 
Piracy  their  dreadful  traile  is — 
Nice  companions  for  young  ladie*  ! 
Let  us  disaj)pear. 

{During  this  Chorus  the  Pirates  enter  stealthily  from  R.  U.  E., 
and  form  in  a  semicircle  behind  the  girls.  As  the  girb  wuwc  <« 
go  off,  each  Pirate  seizes  a  girl.) 

All.  Too  late ! 

Pirates.  Ha !  ha ! 
All.  Too  late ! 

Ha!  ha! 

Pirates. 

Ha!  ha!  ha!  ha!  ho!  ho!  ho!  ho! 

ENSEMBLE. 

Pirates.  liADiEs. 

Now   here's  a  first-rate  oppor-     We   have    missed   our   oppor- 
tunity tunity 

To  get  married  with  impunity,  Of  escaping  with  impunity  ; 

And  indulge  in  the  felicity  So  farewell  to  the  felicity 

Of  unbounded  domesticity.  Of  our  maiden  domesticity. 
You  shall   quickly  be   parson-     We  shall   quickly    be  panson 

ified,  ified, 

Conjugally  matrimouified,  Conjugally  matrim  on  ified, 

By  a  doctor  of  divinity  By  a  doctor  of  divinity 

Who  is  located  in  this  vicinity.  Who  is  located  in  iliis  vicinitf 

Mabel  (coming forward),  Reott 
Hold,  monsters !  ere  your  pirate  caravanserai 

Proceeds  against  our  will  to  wed  us  all, 
Just  bear  in  mind  that  we  are  wards  in  chancery, 

And  father  is  a  Major-General! 

Samuel. 
We'd  better  pause,  or  dangers  may  befall ; 
Tlieir  father  is  a  Major-General. 

Ai.L  THE  Ladieb. 
Yes,  yes,  he  is  a  Major-General. 
(The  Major-General  haa  entered  unnoticed  on  rofl-  J,.   U.  E.) 


J6 

General.  Yes,  1  am  a  Major-General ! 

All.  You  are  i     Hurrah  for  the  Major-General ! 

General.  And  it  is  a  glorious  thing  to  be  a  Major-General  I 

All.  It  is !     Hurrah  for  the  Major-General ! 

Song — Major  General. 

I  am  the  very  pattern  of  a  modern  major-gineral : 

I've  information  vegetable,  animal,  and  mineral ; 

I  know  the  kings  of  England,  and  I  quote  the  fights  historical 

From  Marathon  to  Waterloo,  in  order  categorical ; 

I'm  very  well  acquainted,  too,  with  matters  mathematical ; 

I  understand  equaiions,  both  the  simple  and  quadratical ; 

About  binomial  theorem  I'm  teeming  with  a  lot  of  news — 

(^Bothered  for  next  rhyvie.)     Lot  o'  news — lot  o'  news — 

(Stinick  with  an  idea.)     With  many  cheerful  facts  about  the 

square  of  the  hypotenuse  ; 
{Joyfully.)     ^\'ith  many  cheerful  facts  about  the  square  of  the 

hypotenuse  ! 

All. 
With  many  cheerful  facts  about  the  square  of  the  hypotenuse  ! 

General. 

I'm  very  good  at  integral  and  differential  calculus ; 
I  know  the  scientific  names  of  beings  animalculous ; 
In  short,  in  matters  vegetable,  animal,  and  mineral 
I  am  the  very  model  of  a  modern  major-gineral ' 

All. 

In  short  in  matters  vegetable,  animal,  and  mineral 
He  is  the  very  model  of  a  modern  major-gineral ! 

General. 

I  know  our  mythic  history,  King  A'*thur's  and  Sir  Caradoc's; 

I  answer  hard  acrostics ;  I've  a  pretty  taste  for  paradox — 

I  quote  in  elegiacs  all  the  crimes  of  Heliogabalus ; 

In  conies  I  can  floor  peculiarities  parabolous; 

I   can   tell  undoubted   Raphaels  from   Gerard    Dows   and  Zof- 

fanies  ; 
I  know  the  croaking  chorus  from  the "i^ro^s  of  Aristophanes;" 
Then  I  can  hum  a  fugue  of  which  I've  heard  the  music's  din 

afore — 
(Bothered  for  next  rhyme.)  Din  afoi-e?  din  afore?  din  afore? — 
(/Struck  with  cm  idea.)     And  whistle  all  the  airs  from  that  infer- 
nal honsense,  Pinafore, 
{Joyously.)  And  whistle  all  the  airs  from  that  infernal  nonsense. 

Pinafore. 


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A  LI,. 

And  whistle  all  the  airs  from  that  infernal  nonsense,  Pinafore. 

General. 
Then  I  can  write  a  washing-bill  in  Babylonic  cuneiform, 
And  tell  you  every  detail  of  Caractacus's  uniform. 
In  short,  in  matters  vegetable,  animal,  and  mineral 
I  am  the  very  model  of  a  modern  major-gineral  ! 

All. 

In  short,  in  matters  vegetable,  animal,  and  mineral 
He  IS  the  very  pattern  of  a  modern  major-gineral  I 

General. 
In   tact,    when  I   know  what  is  meant   by    "  mamelon "    and 

"ravelin  "  — 
When  I  can  tell  at  sight  a  chassepot  rifle  from  a  javelin — 
When  such  affairs  as  sorties  and  surprises  I'm  more  wary  at, 
And  when  I  know  precisely  what  is  meant  by  "commissariat"  — 
When  I  have  learnt  what  progress  has  been  made  in  modern 

gunnery — 
When  I  know  more  of  tactics  than  a  novice  in  a  nunnery, — 
In  short,  when  I've  a  smattering  of  elemental  strategy — 
(^Bothered for  the  rhyme?)     Strategy  !  strategy  ' — 

(Struck  with  an  idra,) 
(foyous/j'.)  You'll  say  a  better  major-general  has  never  sat  agee. 

All. 
We'll  say  a  better  major-general  has  never  sat  agee. 

General. 
For  my  military  knowledge,  though  I'm  plucky  and  advcutury, 
Has  only  been  brought  down  to  the  beginning  of  the  ccntur\  ; 
But  still,  in  matters  vegetable,  animal,  and  mineral 
I  am  the  very  model  of  a  modern  major-gineral. 

All. 
But  still  in  learning  vegetable,  animal,  and  mineral 
He  is  the  very  model  of  a  modern  major-gineral. 

General.  And  now  that  I've  introduced  myself,  I  should 
like  to  have  some  idea  of  what's  going  on. 

Kate.     Oh,  papa  !  we — 

Samuel.  Permit  me  ;  I'll  explain  it  in  two  words  :  we  pro- 
pose to  marry  your  daughters. 

General.      Dear  me  ! 

Girls.     Against  our  wills,  papa— against  our  wills! 


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(jrENERAL.  Oh,  but  you  mustn't  do  that.  May  1  ask— this 
is  a  picturesque  uniform,  but  I'm  not  familiar  with  it — ^hat  ar** 
you? 

King.     We  are  all  single  gentlemen. 

Gkxerai..     Yes,  I  gathered  that.     Anything  else? 

King.    No,  nothing  else. 

Editif.  Papa,  don't  believe  them.  They  are  pirates — the 
famous  Pirates  of  Penzance ! 

General.  The  Pirates  of  Penzance?  I  have  often  heard 
of  them. 

JMabel.  Yes,  all  except  this  gentleman  {indicating  Fred- 
eric), who  was  a  pirate  once,  but  who  is  out  of  his  indentures 
to  day. 

General.  But  wait  a  bit.  I  object  to  pirates  as  sons-in- 
law. 

King.  We  object  to  major-generals  as  fathers-in-law.  But 
we  waive  that  point ;  we  do  not  press  it,  we  look  over  it. 

General.  (^Aside.)  Hah!  an  idea!  (Aloud.)  And  do  you 
mean  to  say  that  you  would  deliberately  rob  me  of  these  the 
sole  remaining  props  of  my  oW  age,  and  leave  me  to  go  through 
the  remainder  of  life  unfriended,  unprotected,  and  alone  ? 

Kixc.     Well,  yes  ;  that's  the  idea. 

General.  Tell  me,  have  you  ever  kiinwn  what  it  is  to  be  an 
orphan  ? 

All  the  Pirates.     (Disyvded.)     Oh,  dash  it  all ! 

King.     Here  we  are  again  ! 

General.  I  ask  you,  Have  yon  ever  known  what  it  is  to  be 
an  orphan  ? 

King.     (SigJiing.)     Often, 

General.  Yes,  orphan.  Have  you  ever  known  what  it  is  to 
be  one  ? 

King.     I  say,  often. 

All.     (Disgusted.)     Often!  oftei\!  often!  (Turning  amiy.) 

General.  I  don't  think  wc  quite  understand  one  another 
I  ask  you.  Have  you  ever  known  what  it  is  to  be  an  orphan  ? 
and  you  say  "  Orphan."  As  I  understand  you,  you  are  merely 
repeating  the  word  "  orphan  "  to  show  that  you  understand  me. 

King.     I  didn't  repeat  the  word  "often." 

General.     Pardon  ine ;  you  did  indeed. 

JvixG.     J  only  repeated  it  o!ice. 

General,     'fruo,  but  you  repeated  it. 

King.    But  not  often. 

General.  Stop!  I  think  I  see  Avhere  we  are  getting  con- 
fused. When  you  said  "  orphan "  did  you  mean  "  orphan."  a 
person  who  has  lost  his  parents,  or  "  often,"  ft-equently  V 

King.     Oh,  I  bt'jr  your  )):irdo:i !     [  see  you  mean  frequently. 


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Gkneral.     Ah,  you  said  "  often  "  frequently. 

King.     No,  only  once. 

General.     Exactly,  you  said  "  often,  frequently,"  only  onee 

Finale. 

Regit. — General. 

Oh,  men  of  dark  and  dismal  fate, 

Forego  your  cruel  employ ; 
Have  pity  on  my  lonely  state — 
I  am  an  orphan  boy ! 
King.  An  orphan  boy  ? 

General.  An  orphan  boy  ! 

Pirates.       How  sad !  an  orphan  boy  ! 

Solo. — General. 
These  children  whom  you  see 
Are  all  that  I  can  call  my  own. 
Pirates.  Poor  fellow ! 

General.     Take  them  away  from  me. 

And  I  shall  be  indeed  alone. 
Pirates.  Poor  fellow ! 

General       If  pity  you  can  feel. 

Leave  me  my  sole  remaining  joy. 
See,  at  your  feet  they  kneel ; 
Your  hearts  you  cannot  steel 
Against  tlie  sad,  sad  tale  of  the  lonely  orphan  boy. 
Pirates.  (Sobbiiig.)        Poor  fellow! 

See,  at  our  feet  they  kneel ; 
Our  hearts  we  cannot  steel 
Against  the  sad,  sad  tale  of  the  lonely  orphan  boy. 
King.  The  orphan  boy ! 

8am.  The  orphan  boy ! 

All.  The  lonely  orphan  boy !     Poor  fellow ! 


General. 

I'm  telling  a  terrible 
story, 

But  it  doesn't  dimin- 
ish my  glory ; 

For  they  would  have 
taken  my  daugh- 
ters 

Over  the  billowy  wa- 
ters, 


Ensemble. 

Girls.  (Aside.) 

He's  telling  a  terri- 
ble story, 

"Which  will  tend  to 
diminish  his  glory. 

Though  they  would 
have  taken  his 
daughters 

Over  the  billoNvy  wa- 
ter?. 


Pirates.  (Aside.) 
If  he's  telling  a  ter- 
rible story. 
He   shall   die    by   a 
death  that  is  gory- 
Yes,  one  of  the  cruel- 
lest slaughters 
Thatever  were  known 
in  these  waters ; 


•2^J 

General.  Girls.  (Aside.)  Pi  bates.  (Astae.j 

If  I  hadn't  in  elegant  It's  easy  in  elegant  And  we'll   fini.«h  his 

diction  diction  moral  aiHiction 

Indulged  in  an  inno-  To  call  it  an  innocent  By  a  vei  y  complete 

cent  fiction,  fiction,  malediction, 

Which  is  not  in  the  But  it  comes  in  the  As  a  com])liiiient  val- 

same  category  same  category  edictory. 

As  telling  a  regular,  As  telling  a  regular,  If  he's  telling  a  regf- 

terrible  story.  terrible  story.  idar,  toirible  story 

King. 

Although  our  dark  career 

Sometimes  involves  the  ci'ime  of  stealing. 
We  rather  think  that  we're 

Not  altogether  void  of  feeling. 
Although  we  live  by  strife, 

We're  always  sorry  to  begin  it. 
For   what  we  ask  is  life 

Without  a  touch  of  poetry  in  it. 

All.  {Kneeling.') 
Hail,  Poetry,  thou  heaven-born  maid  ! 
Thou  gildest  e'en  the  pirate's  trade. 
Hail,  flowing  fount  of  sentiment! 
All  hail,  divine  emollient ! 

King. 
You  may  go,  for  you're  at  liberty  ;  our  pirate  rules  protect  you, 
A.nd  honorary  members  of  our  band  we  do  elect  you. 

Samuel.  For  he  is  an  orphan  boy  I 

All.  He  is!     Hurrah  for  the  orphan  boy! 

General        And  it  sometimes  is  a  useful  thing  to  be  an  or- 
phan boy. 
All..  It  is!     Hurrah  for  the  orphan  boy  I 

Hurrah  for  the  orphan — 


MAKi':L,etc.     Oh,  happy  day!  with  joyous  glee 

We  will  away  and  married  be ! 
General.       Oh,  happy  day!  with  joyous  glee 

They  will  away  and  married  be! 
Mabel.  Should  it  boi'all  auspiciously, 

My  sisters  all  will  bridesmaids  be. 
General.       Should  it  befall  auspiciously, 

Her  sisters  all  will  bridesmaids  be. 
All.  Oh,  ha})i)v  duv  !  etc. 


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Kkcit. — Ruth. 

Oh,  master,  liear  oue  word,  1  do  iiuplore  you ! 

Remember  Ruth,  your  Ruth,  who  kneels  before  you  I 
Pirates.     Yes,  yes,  remember  Rutli  who  kneels  before  you. 
Fked.  Away !  you  did  deceive  me  I 

Pirates.     Away!  you  did  deceive  him. 
Ruth.  Oh,  do  not  leave  me ! 

Pirates.     Oh,  do  not  leave  her ! 
Fred.  Away!  you  grieve  me! 

Pirates.     Away !  you  grieve  him  ! 
Fred.  I  wii^h  you'd  leave  me ! 

Pirates.     We  wish  you'd  leave  him  ! 
Ensemble. 

Pray  observe  the  magnanimity 

We    ) 

rpi     ^  >  di.splay  to  lace  and  dimity. 

Never  was  such  opportunity 
To  get  married  with  im])unity ; 

But   j    1       >  give  up  ibe  felicity 

Of  unbounded  domesticity, 
Though  a  doctor  of  divinity 
Is  located  in  this  vicinity. 

Girls  and  General  go  up  rocks  L.  Group  while  Pirates  in- 
dulge in  a  wild  dance  of  delight  on  stage  U.  and  R.  C.  Th* 
General  produces  a  British  flag,  and  the  Pirate  King  (on 
arched  rock  B.  (7.)  produces  a  black  flag  with  skull  and  cro$$- 
•ones.     Pictm  e.) 

EKO  OF   ACT   \ 


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Scene. — A  ruined  chapel  by  moonlight.  Aisles  C,  K.,  and  Jm, 
divided  by  pillars  and  arches;  ruined  Gothic  windows  at  book. 
General  Stanley  discovered  seated  R.  C. pensively,  surrountMl 
by  hu  daughters. 

Chorus. 

Oh  dry  the  glistening  tear 

That  dews  that  martial  cheek  ; 
Thy  loving  children  hear, 

In  them  thy  comfort  seek. 
With  sympathetic  care 

Their  arms  around  thee  creep, 
For  oh,  they  cannot  bear 

To  see  their  father  weep. 

(Eater  Mabel  and  Fred.) 

Solo. — Mabel. 

Dear  father,  why  leave  your  bed 

At  this  untimely  hour, 
When  happy  daylight  is  dead 

And  darksome  dangers  lower  ? 
See,  Heaven  has  lit  her  lamp, 

The  midnight  hour  is  past. 
And  the  chilly  night-air  is  damp, 

The  dew  is  falling  fust. 
Dear  lather,  why  leave  your  bed 
When  happy  daylight  is  dead  ? 

(Fred  enters  R.  U.  E.  and  down  C.) 

Mabel.  Oh,  Frederic,  cannot  you  reconcile  it  with  your  co»^ 
science  to  say  something  that  will  relieve  my  father's  sorrow? 

Fred.  I  will  try,  dear  Mabel,  but  why  does  he  sit,  night 
after  night,  in  this  draughty  old  ruin  ? 


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General.  Why  do  I  sit  here  ?  To  escape  from  ti  le  pirates' 
clutches  I  described  myself  as  an  orphan,  and  I  am  nD  orpJian. 
f  came  here  to  luimble  myself  before  the  tombs  of  my  ancestors, 
and  to  implore  their  pardon  for  the  disgrace  I  have  brought  upon 
them. 

Fred.  But  you  forget,  sir.  You  only  bouglit  the  properly 
a  year  ago,  and  the  stucco  on  your  baronial  castle  is  scarcely  dry 

General.  Frederic,  in  this  chapel  are  ancestors ;  you  can 
not  deny  that.  I  don't  know  whose  ancestors  they  were,  but  1 
know  whose  ancestors  they  are,  and  I  shudder  to  think  that  their 
descendant  by  purchase  (if  I  may  so  describe  myself)  should 
have  brought  disgrace  upon  what  I  have  no  doubt  was  an  un- 
stained escutcheon. 

Fred.  Be  comforted.  Had  you  not  acted  as  you  did,  these 
reckless  men  would  assuredly  have  called  in  the  nearest  clergy 
man,  and  have  married  your  large  family  on  the  spot. 

General.  I  thank  you  for  your  proffered  solace,  but  it  is  un- 
availing. At  what  time  does  your  exp3dition  march  against 
these  scoundrels  ? 

Fred.  At  eleven,  and  before  midnight  I  hope  to  have  atoned 
for  my  involuntary  association  with  these  pestilent  scourges  by 
sweeping  them  from  the  face  of  the  earth.— And  then,  my  Mabel, 
you  will  be  mine  ! 

General.     Are  your  devoted  followers  at  hand? 

Fred.     They  are  ;  they  only  wait  my  orders. 

Regit. — General?  Then,  Frederic,  let  your  escort  lion-hearted 
be  summoned  to  receive  a  general's  blessing  ere  they  depart  upon 
their  dread  adventure. 

Fred.     Dear  sir,  they  come  ! 
(Enter  Police,  marching  in  sinr/le  file  from   L.,  2d  E.,  and  form 
in  line,  facing  at(dience.) 

Song. — Sergeant. 
When  the  foeman  bares  his  steel — 
All.     {Using  their  chd)-'^  as  trnmpefs.)    Tarantaral  tarantara 
Sergeant.      We  uncomfortable  feel  ; 
All.  Tarantara ! 

Ser(jeant.       And  we  find  the  wi.-^est  thing — 
All.  Tarantara!  tarantara! 

Sergeant.      Is  to  slap  our  chests  and  sing — 
All.  Tarantara ! 

Sergeant.      For  when  threatened  with  emeutes — 
All.  .Tarantara!  tarantara! 

8ergk.\xt.       And  your  heart  is  in  your  boot* — 
All  Tarantara  ' 


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Sergeant.  There  is  uothiiig  briugs  it  round— 
All.  Tarantara !  tarantara  ! 

Sergeant.  Like  the  trumpet's  martial  sound — ■ 
All.  Tarantara ! 

Sergeant.  Tarautara-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra !  etc. 
All.  Tarantara-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra ! 


Mabel  (from  L.,  addressing  Serge a.nt). 

Go,  ye  heroes,  go  to  glory  ! 
Though  you  die  in  combat  gory, 
Ye  shall  live  in  song  and  story — 

Go  to  immortality ! 
Go  to  death  and  go  to  slaughter ; 
Die.  and  every  Cornish  daughter 
With  her  tears  your  graves  shall  water-» 
Go,  ye  heroes,  go  and  die ! 

All.  Go,  ye  heroes,  go  and  die  ! 

Sergeant.      Though  to  us  it's  evident — 

All.  Tarantara !  tarantara ! 

Sergean'i       These  attentions  are  well  meant — 

All.  Tarantara ! 

Sergeant.      Such  expressions  don't  appear — 

All.  Tarantara !  tarantara ! 

Sergeant.      Calculated  men  to  cheer — 

All.  Tarantara !  • 

Sergeant.      Who  are  going  to  meet  their  fate — 

All.  Tarantara!  tarantara! 

Sergeant.      In  a  highly  nervous  state — 

All.  Tarantara ! 

Sergeant.      Still,  to  us  it's  evident — 

All.  Tarantara !  tarantara ! 

Sergeant.      These  attentions  are  well  meant — 

All.  Tarantara ! 

All.  Yes,  to  them  it's  evident  etc.  etc. 

Edith  (from  JR.,  addressing  Sergeant). 

Go,  and  do  your  best  endeavor. 
And  before  all  links  we  sever 
We  will  say  larewell  for  ever — 

Go  to  glory  and  the  grave! 
For  your  foes  are  fierce  and  ruthless, 
False,  unmerciful,  and  truthless ; 
Young  and  tender,  old  and  toothless, 
All  in  vain  their  mercy  crave. 
A-LL.  Yes,  your  foes  are  fierce  and  ruthless,  etc 


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Chorus  of  Police. 
We  observe  too  great  a  stress — 

Tarantara !  tarantara ! 
On  the  risks  that  on  us  press — 

Tarantara ! 
And  of  reference  a  lack — 
Tarantara!  tarantara! 
To  our  chance  of  coming  back— 
Tarantara ! 
Sergeant.      Still,  perhaps  it  would  be  wise — 
Police.  Tarantara  !  tarantara ! 

Sergeant.      Not  to  carp  or  criticise — 
All.  Tarantara ! 

Sergeant.      For  it's  very  evident — 
All.  Tarantara!  tarantara! 

Sergeant.      These  attentions  are  well  meant — 
All.  Tarantara ! 

All.  Yes,  to  us  it's  evident 

These  attentions  are  well  meant — 

Tarantara-ra-ra-ra-ra !  etc.  etc 
Go,  ye  heroes,  go  to  glory !  eic.  etc 
General.       Away!  away! 
Police.     (  WitJiout  moving.)     Yes,  yes,  we  go  ! 
General.       These  pirates  slay. 
Police.  Yes,  yes,  we  go. 

General.       Then  do  not  stay. 
Police.  We  go,  we  go. 

General.       Then  why  all  this  delay? 
Police.  All  right !     We  go,  we  go ; 

Yes,  forward  on  the  foe ! 

Ho!  ho!  ho!  ho! 
We  go,  we  go,  we  go ! 
Tarantara-i'a-ra-ra ! 
General.        Then  forward  on  the  foe  ! 
All.  Yes  !  forward  ! 

Police.  Yes  !  forward  ! 

General.        Yes  !  but  you  doni  go  ' 
Police.  We  go,  we  go,  we  go  ! 

All.  At  last  they  really  go  1 

Ensemble. 
Chorus  of  All  but  Police.  Chorus  of  Police. 

Go,  and  do  your  best  endeavor.    Such  expressions  don't  appear — 
And  before  all  links  we  sever  Tarantara  !  tarantara  1 

We  will  say  farewell  for  ever  ;     Calculated  men  to  cheer — 
Go  to  glory  and  the  grave!  Tarantara  " 


Tarantara-ra-ra  ! 


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Chorus  of  All  but  Police.  Chorus  of  Police. 

For  your  foes   are   fierce   and    Who  are  going  to  their  fate — 

ruthless,  Tarautara!  tarantaral 

False,    unmerciful,    and  truth-    In  a  liighly  nervous  state — 

less  ;  Tarantara  I 

Young    and    tender,    old    and    We  observe  too  great  a  stress — 
toothless*,  Tarantara!  tarantaral 

All  in  vain  their  mercy  crave.   On  the  risks  that  on  us  press — 
etc.  TarautaraJ 

And  of  reference  a  lack — 

Tarantara !  tarantara I 
To  our  chance  of  coming  back — 
Tarantara ! 

(Mabel  iears  herself  from  Fred,  and  exits  R.,  followed  by  her 
sisters,  consoling  her.  The  General  and  others  follow  the 
Police  off  L.     Frederic  remains  alone.) 

Recit. — Fred. 
Now  for  the  pirates'  lair  !     Oh  joy  unbounded  ! 
Oh  sweet  relief!  oh  rapture  unexampled  ! 
At  lasi  I  may  atone,  in  some  slight  measure. 
For  the  repeated  acts  of  theft  and  pillage 
Of  which,  at  a  sense  of  duty's  stern  dictation, 
I,  circumstances'  victim,  have  been  guilty. 

( The  Pirate  King  and  Ruth  appear  at  the  window  C,  armed.] 

King      Young  Frederic !  {Covering  him  with  pistol.) 

Who  calls  ? 

Your  late  commander.  {Coming  down.) 

And  I,  your  little  Ruth  !    {Covering  him  with  pistoL] 
Oh,  mad  intruders  ! 

How  dare  ye  face  me  ?     Know  ye  not,  rash  onea, 
That  I  have  doomed  you  to  extermination  ? 

(King  and  Ruth  hold  a  pistol  to  each  ear.) 
Have  mercy  on  us  !     Hear  us  ere  you  slaughter  I 
I  do  not  think  1  ought  to  listen  to  you. 
Yes,  mercy  should  allay  our  stern  resentment, 
And  so  I  will  be  merciful.     Say  on. 

Trio. — Ruth,  King,  a7id  Fred. 
When  first  you  left  our  pirate  fold 

We  tried  to  cheer  our  spirits  faint, 
According  to  our  customs  old. 

With  quips  and  quibbles  quaint; 
But  all  in  vain  the  quips  we  heard  ; 

We  lay  and  sobbed  upon  the  rock«. 


Fred. 
King. 
Ruth. 
Fred. 


Kino. 
Fred. 


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Until  to  somebody  occurred 
A  startling  paradox. 

Frxd.      a  paradox  ? 

King  and  Ruth.     {Laughing.)     A  paradox — 

A  most  ingenious  paradox. 

We've  quips  and  quibliles  heard  in  flock*, 

But  none  to  beat  this  paradox. 

Ha!  ha!  ha!  ha!     Ho!  ho!  ho!  ho! 
King.       We  knew  your  taste  lor  curious  quips, 
For  cranks  and  contradictions  queer, 

And  witli  the  laughter  on  our  lips 
We  wished  you  there  to  hear. 

We  said,  "  If  we  could  tell  it  him, 

How  Frederic  would  the  joke  eujoy  I" 

And  so  W'e've  risked  hoth  life  and  iimb 
To  tell  it  to  our  boy, 
Fred.     {Interested.')     That  paradox. 
King  and  Ruth.     (Laiighing.)     That  paradox. 

That  most  ingenious  paradox. 

We've  quips  and  quibbles  heard  in  flocks, 

But  none  to  beat  that  paradox  I 

Ha  !  ha  !  ha  !  ha  !     Ho  !  ho  !  ho  !  ho  ! 

Chant. — King. 

For  some  ridjculous  reason — to  wiiich,  however,  I've  no  desire  to 

be  disloyal — 
Some  person  iu  authority — I  don't  know  who ;  very  likely  th« 

Astronomer-Royal — 
Has  decided  that  although  for  such  a  beastly  month  as  February 

twenty-eight  days  as  a  general  rule  are  i)lenty, 
One  year  in  every  four  his  (hiys  shall  be  reckoned  as  nine-aud- 

twenty. 
Through  some  singular  coincicU'nce — 1  .shouldn't  be  surprised  if 

it  were  owing  to  the  agency  of  an  ill-natured  fairy — 
You  are  the  victim  of  this  clumsy  arrangement,  having  been 

born  in  leap-year  on  the  twenty-ninth  of  Fel)ruary  ; 
And  so,  by  a  slm])le  arithmetical  process,  you'll  easily  discover, 
That  though  you've  lived  twenty-one  years,  yet,  if  we  go  bv 
birthdays,  you  are  only  five  and  a  little  bit  over  ! 
Ruth  a7ic^  King.     Ha!  hii!  ha!  ha!     Ho  !  ho  !  lio  !  ho! 
Fked.      Dear  me!     liCt's  see :  {Counting  on  Jiiiger$.) 

Yes,  yes, — with  yours  my  figures  do  agree. 
Ha  '  'ha  !  ha  '  ha  !     Ho  !  ho  !  ho  !  ho  ! 

(Frkdkric  more  amused  than  any.) 


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How  quaint  the  ways  of  I'aradox  ! 
At  common  sense  she  gayly  "noclcs. 
Though,  counting  in  the  usual  way, 
Years  twenty-one  I've  been  alive. 
Yet,  reckoning  by  my  natal-day, 
I  am  a  little  boy  oi'  five  ! 
Ali..        He  is  a  little  boy  of  five,  ha  !  ha  ! 

Ha!  ha!  hal  ha! 
King.  Ha!  ha!  ha!  ha! 
Ruth.  Ha!  ha!  ha!  ha! 
Fred.  Ha!  ha!  ha!  ha! 
All.        Ha!  ha!  ha!  ha! 

That  paradox,  etc. 

{All  throw  themselves  back  on  seats,  exhausted  with  laughing.) 

Fred.      Upon  my  word,  this  is  most  curious, 

Most  absurdly  whimsical.    Five  and  a  quarter  ! 
No  one  would  think  it  to  look  at  me. 

Ruth.  You  are  glad  now,  I'll  be  bound,  that  you  si)ared  us 
You  would  never  have  forgiven  yourself  when  you  discovered 
fliat  you  had  killed  two  of  your  comrades. 

Fred.     My  comrades? 

King.  I'm  afraid  you  don't  appreciate  the  delicacy  of  your 
position.     You  were  apprenticed  to  us — 

Fred.     Until  I  reached  my  twenty-first  year. 

King.  No,  until  you  reached  your  twenty-first  birthday 
(producing  documenf),  and,  going  by  birthdays,  you  are  as  yet 
only  five  and  a  quarter. 

Fred.  You  don't  mean  to  say  you  are  going  to  hold  me  to 
that  ? 

King.  No,  we  merely  remind  you  of  the  fact,  and  leave  the 
rest  to  your  sense  of  duty. 

Fred.  {Wildly.)  Don't  put  it  on  that  footing.  As  I  waa 
merciful  to  you  just  now,  be  merciful  to  me.  I  implore  you  not 
to  insist  on  the  letter  of  your  bond  just  as  the  cup  of  happiness 
is  at  my  lips. 

Ruth.  We  insist  on  nothing.  We  content  ourselves  with 
pointing  out  to  you  your  duty. 

Fred.  Well,  you  have  appealed  to  my  sense  of  duty,  and  mj 
duty  is  only  too  clear.  I  abhor  your  infamous  calling,  I  shudder 
at  the  thought  that  I  have  ever  been  mixed  up  with  it,  but  duty 
is  before  all.     At  any  cost,  I  will  do  my  duty. 

King.     Bravely  spoken  !     Come,  you  are  one  of  us  once  more 

Fred.     Lead  on,  I  follow !     {Suddenly.)     Oh,  horror! 

King  and  Ruth.     AVhat  is  the  matter  ? 


25) 


Fred.  Ought  I  to  tell  you?  No!  no!  1  carmot  do  it ;  an*! 
ret,  as  one  of  your  band — 

King.  Speak  out,  I  charge  you,  by  that  sense  of  conscien- 
tiousness to  which  we  have  never  yet  appealed  in  vain. 

Feed.     General  Stanley,  tlie  father  of  ray  Mabel — 

King  atid  Ruth.     Yes !  yes ! 

Fred.  He  escaped  from  you  on  the  plea  that  he  was  an 
orphan  ? 

King.     He  did. 

Fred.  It  breaks  my  heart  to  betray  the  honored  father  of 
the  girl  I  adore,  but  as  your  apprentice  I  have  no  alternative. 
It  is  my  duty  to  tell  you  that  General  Stanley  is  no  orphan. 

King  and  Ruth.     AVhat  ? 

Fred.     More  than  that,  he  never  was  one ! 

King.  Am  I  to  understand  that  to  save  his  contemptible 
life  he  dared  to  practise  on  our  credulous  simplicity  ?  (Fred 
nods  as  he  loeeps.)  Our  revenge  shall  be  swift  and  terrible.  We 
will  go  and  collect  our  band  and  attack  Tremorden  Castle  this 
very  night. 

Fred.     But — 

King.     Not  a  word !  he  is  doomed  ! 


King  and  Ruth 


Trio. 

Fred. 
!    m)'^  heart's  on    Away!  away!  ere  I  expire. 

I  find  my  duty  hard  to  do  to- 
day. 
My  heart  is  filled  with  anguish 
dire ; 
It  strikes  me  to  the  core.  Away! 
away! 


Away !    away 
fire; 
I  burn,  this  base  deception  to 
repay ; 
This   very  day  my  vengeance 
dire 
Shall  glut  itself  in  gore.  Away! 


away! 

King. 


All. 

Ruth. 

King. 

Fred. 

Ruth. 

King. 


With  falsehood  foul 

He  tricked  us  of  our  brides ; 
Let  vengeance  howl — 

The  pirate  so  decides ! 
Our  nature  stern 

He  softened  with  his  lies, 
And  in  return 

To  night  the  traitor  dies. 
Yes,  yes,  to-night  the  traitor  dies! 

To-night  he  dies. 
Yes,  or  early  to-morrow. 

His  girls  likewise? 
They  will  welter  in  sorrow  I 

The  one  soft  spot — 


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Fred  In  their  natures  they  cherish ; 

Ruth.  And  all  who  plot — 

Kino.  To  abuse  it  shall  perish. 

All.  Yes,  all  who  plot 

To  abuse  it  shall  perish ! 
Away!  away!  etc. 

Ekeunt  King  and  Ruth.     Fred  throws  himself  on  a  stone  L,C 

in  blank  despair.     Enter  Mabel.) 

Regit. — Mabel. 

All  is  prepared  ;  your  gallant  crew  await  yoa. 

My  Frederic  in  tears  ?     It  cannot  be 

That  lion  heart  quails  at  the  coming  conflict  ? 

No,  Mabel,  no.     A  terrible  disclosure 

Has  just  been  made, 

Mabel,  my  dearly-loved  one, 

I  bound  myself  to  serve  the  pirate  captain 

Until  I  reached  my  oue-and-twentieth  Inrthday. 

But  you  are  twenty-one  ? 

I've  just  discovered 

That  I  was  born  in  leap-year,  and  that  birthdaj 

Will  not  be  reached  by  me  till  1940. 

Mabel.     Oh  horrible !  catastrophe  appalling ! 

Fred.       And  so  farewell ! 

Mable.     No,  no !     Oh,  Frederic,  hear  me ! 


Fred. 


Mabel. 
Fred. 


Mabel. 


Frbd. 


Mabel. 
Fred. 
Mabek 
Fred. 


Duet. — Mab]<;l  a7id  Fred. 

Stay,  Frederic,  stay  1 
They  have  no  legal  claim. 
No  shadoAv  of  a  shame 
Will  fall  upon  thy  name. 

Stay,  Frederic,  stay ! 

Nay,  Mabel,  nay ! 
To-night  I  quit  these  walls. 
The  thought  my  soul  appallfl, 
But  when  stern  duty  calls 

I  must  obey ! 

Stay,  Frederic,  stay ! 

Nay,  Mabel,  nay! 
They  have  no  claim. 
But  duty's  name ! 
The  thought  my  soul  apnaila, 
But  when  stern  duty  calls 

I  must  obey ! 


ai 


Ballad. — Mabel. 
Oh  leave  me  not  to  pine 

Aloue  and  desolate ! 
No  fate  seemed  fair  jis  mine-— 

No  happine.s.s  so  great — 
And  Kature  day  by  day 

Has  sung  in  accents  clear 
This  joyous  roundelay, 

"  He  loves  thee — he  is  here  I 

Fa  la !  fa  la !  fa  la ! 
He  loves  thee — he  is  here  I" 
Fkbs  Oh  I  must  leave  ihee  here, 

In  endless  night  to  dream, 
Where  joy  is  dark  and  drear 
And  sorrow  all  supreme — 
Where  nature  day  by  day 
Will  sing  m  altered  tone 
This  weary  roundelay, 

"  He  loves  thee — he  is  gone ! 

Fa  la !  fa  la !  fa  la ! 
He  loves  thee — he  is  gone !" 
In  1940  I  of  age  shall  be  : 
I'll  then  return  and  claim  you,  I  declare  it' 
Mabel.  It  seems  so  long ! 

Fred.  Swear  that  till  then  you  will  be  true  to  me. 

Mabel.     (Adde.)     Yes,  I'll  be  strong. 

{Aloxid.)     By  all   the  Stanleys   dead  and  gone   1 
swear  it  I 

Ensemble. 
Oh  here  is  love,  and  here  is  truth, 
And  here  is  food  for  joyous  laughter : 

H«^|„ill  be  faithful  to  {^^^^' 

Till  we  are  wed,  and  ever  after. 
Fked.  Farewell !     Adieu ! 

Mabel.  The  same  to  you  ! 

Both.  Farewell '     Adieu  ! 

(Fred  rushes  to  window  and  leaps  otU.) 

Regit. — Mabel. 


sooth 


(Feeling  pulse.)     Yes,  I  am  brave  !     O  family  descent  I 
How  ^reat  thy  charm  !  thy  sway  how  excellent ! 
Come  one  and  all,  undaunted  men  in  blue, 
A  crisis  now  aflairs  are  coming  to. 


(E/nter  Police  from  R.  L  E.,  marehinq  in  .nngle  fue.) 


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Sergeant.     Though  in  body  and  in  mind,  tarautara !  taran- 
tara  ! 
We  are  timidly  inclined,  tarantara ! 
And  anything  but  blind,  tarantara  !  tarantara ! 
To  the  danger  that's  behind,  tarantara  I 
Yet,  when  the  danger's  near,  tarantara !  tarantara ! 
We  manage  to  appear,  tarantara ! 
As  insensible  to  fear. 
As  anybody  here,  tarantara  ! 
Tarantara !  tarantara-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra ! 
Mabel.     Sergeant,  approach.     Young  Frederic  was  to  have 
led  you  to  death  and  glory. 

All.  That  is  not  a  pleasant  way  of  putting  it. 
Mabel.     No  matter.     He  will  not  so  lead  you,  for  he  ha* 
allied  himself  once  more  with  his  old  associates. 
All.     He  has  acted  shamefully ! 

Mabel.     You  speak  falsely ;  you  know  nothing  about  it.    He 
has  acted  nobly ! 

All.  He  has  acted  nobly ! 
.  Mabel.  Dearly  as  I  loved  him  before,  his  heroic  sacrifice  to 
his  sense  of  duty  has  endeared  him  to  me  tenfold  ;  but  if  it  was 
his  duty  to  constitute  himself  my  foe,  it  is  likewise  my  duty  to 
regard  hira  in  that  light.  He  has  done  his  duty ;  I  will  do 
mine.     Go  ye  and  do  yours.  {Exit  Mabel  E.  I.  E.) 

All.     Very  well. 
Sergeant.     This  is  perplexing. 
All.     We  cannot  understand  it  at  all. 
Sergean*.     Still,  if  he  is  actuated  by  a  sense  of  duty — 
All.     That  makes  a  difference,  of  course.    At  the  same  time, 
we  repeat  we  cannot  understand  it. 

Sergeant.     No  matter.     Our  course  is  clear ;    we  must  do 
our  best  to  capture  these  pirates  alone.     It  is  most  distressing  to 
as  to  be  the  agents  whereby  our  erring  fellow-creatures  are  de- 
prived of  that  liberty  which  is  so  dear  to  all,  but  we  should  have 
thought  of  that  before  we  joined  the  force. 
All.     We  should. 
Sergeant.     It  is  too  late  now. 
All.     It  is. 

Song. — Sergeant. 
When  a  felon's  not  engaged  in  his  employment — 
All.  His  employment, 

Sergeant.  Or  nllituring  his  felonious  little  plans — 
All.  Little  plans, 

Sergeant.  His  capacity  for  innocent  enjoyment — 
All.  -Cent  enjoynicnt 


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Sergeant.  Is  just  as  great  as  any  houest  man's — 

All.  Honest  man's. 

Sergeant.  Our  feelings  we  with  difficulty  smother — 

All.  -Culty  smother, 

Sergeant.  When  constabulary  duty's  to  be  done — 

All,  To  be  done. 

Sergeant.  Ah,  take  one  consideration  with  another — 

All.  AVith  another, 

Sergeant.  A  policeman's  lot  is  not  a  happy  one — 

All.  Happy  one. 

When  constabulary  duty's  to  be  done — 

To  be  done — 
The  policeman's  lot  is  not  a  happy  one — 

Ha])py  one ! 
Sergeant.  When  the  enterprising  burglar's  not  a-burgling — 
All.  Not  a-burgling, 

Sergeant.  When  the  cutthroat  isn't  occupied  in  crime — 
All.  -Pied  in  crime. 

Sergeant.  He  loves  to  hear  the  little  brook  a-gurgling — 
All.  Brook  a-gurgling. 

Sergeant.  And  listen  to  the  merry  village  chime — 
All.  Village  chime. 

Sergeant.  When  the  coster's  finished  jumping  on  his  mother — 
All.  On  his  mother, 

Sergeant,  He  loves  to  lie  a-basking  in  the  sun — 
All.  In  the  sun. 

Sergeant.  Ah,  take  one  consideration  with  another — 
All.  With  another. 

Sergeant.  The  policeman's  lot  is  not  a  happy  one — 
All.  Happy  one ! 

When  constabulary  duty's  to  be  done — 

To  be  done, 
The  policeman's  lot  is  not  a  happy  one — 

Happy  one ! 

Chorus  of  Pirates  Outside,  in  the  Distance. 

A  rollicking  band  of  pirates  we, 
Who,  tired  of  tossing  on  the  sea. 
Are  trying  their  hand  at  a  burglaree 
With  weapons  grim  and  gory  ! 

Serg.  Hush!  hush  !     I  hear  them  on  the  manor  poaching; 
With  stealthy  step  the  j)irates  are  approaching. 

Chorus  of  Pirates  resumed  Nearer. 
We  are  not  coming  for  plate  or  gold — 
A  story  Oenoral  Stanley  told — 


o4 

We  seek  a  penalty  fifty -fold 
For  General  Stanley's  story. 

Police.  They  <eek  a  penalty. 

Pirates.  {Without.)        Fifty-fold! 

We  seek  a  penalty  fifty-fold ! 
All.  We     f  seek  a  penalty  fifty-fold 

They  \  for  General  Stanley's  story. 
Police.  They  come  m  force, 

With  stealthy  stride ; 
Our  obvious  course 
Is  now  to  hide. 

[^Police  conceal  themselves  in  aisle  L.  As  they  do  so  the  PircttK 
with  Ruth  ayid  Frederic,  are  seen  appearing  at  ruined  win 
daw  C.  They  enter  cautiously,  and  come  down  stage  on  tiptoe. 
The  King  is  laden  with  burglarious  tools  and  pistols,  etc.  etc.) 

Chorus. — Pirates. 
(  Very  loud.)        With  cat-like  tread 

Upon  our  prey  we  steal — 
In  silencp  dread 

Our  cautious  way  we  feel. 

Police.  (Pianissimo.)    Tarantara!  tarantaral 
Pirates.  No  sound  at  all : 

We  nev'jr  speak  a  word  ; 
A  fly's  footfall 

Would  be  distinctly  heard. 
Police.  Tarantara!  tarantara! 

Pirates.  Ha!  ha! 

Ho!  ho! 

So  stealthily  the  pirate  creeps 
While  all  the  houseliold  soundly  sleepn. 
Gurr !  gu  rr ! 

Gurr !  gurr  !     (Imitating  snoring.) 
Ha!  ha'.    Ho!  ho!^^ 
Police.  (Piunissimo.)     Tarantara!  Tarantaral 

(Forte.)  Tarantara! 

Pirates.     Come  friends,  who  plough  the  sea, 
Truce  to  navigation  ; 
Take  another  station  ; 
Let  us.  vary  piracy 
With  a  little  l)urglary ! 
Samuel.      Here's  your  crowbar 

And  your  centre-bit; 
Your  life-preserver — 
You  raav  want  to  hit! 


35 

Your  silent  matches, 

Your  dark-lautern  seize ; 
Take  your  file  and  your  skeleton  keys? 
Pirates.     With  catlike  tread,  etc. 
Police.       Tarantara,  tarantara,  etc. 
Regit. — Fred. 
Hush  !  not  a  word  !     I  see  a  light  inside. 
(^Looks  through  keyhole  L.) 

The  major-general  comes,  so  quickly  hide. 
Major-Generai-.     ( Without.)     Yes,  yes,  the   major-geueral 

comes. 
Pi  RATIOS.     He  comes  I 
Major-Gexeral.     {Entering    in  dressing-gown,    carrying    a 

light.)     Yes,  yes,  I  come! 
Police.      He  comes  I 
Major-General,     Yes,  yes,  I  come. 
All.  The  major-general  comes ! 

Solo. — General. 
Tormented  with  the  anguish  dread 

Of  falsehood  unatoned, 
I  lay  upon  my  sleepless  bed, 

xVnd  tossed  and  turned  and  groaned. 
The  man  who  finds  his  conscience  ache 

No  peace  at  all  enjoys  ; 
And  as  I  lay  in  bed  awake 
I  thought  I  heard  a  noise. 
Pirates.     He  thought  he  heard  a  noise ! 

Ha!  ha!  ha!  ha!  ha!  ha! 
Police.       He  thought  he  heard  a  noise ! 

Tarantara-ra-ra ! 
General.  No,  all  is  still 

In  dale,  on  hill ; 
My  mind  is  set  at  case. 
So  still  the  scene 
It  might  have  been 
Tbe  sighing  of  the  breeze. 

Ballad. — Generai>. 

Sighing  softly  to  the  river 

Comes  the  lonely  breeze, 
Setting  Nature  all  a-quiver. 

Rustling  through  the  tre**. 

Through  the  trees. 


36 

General.   And  the  brook  in  rippling  measure 
Laughs  for  very  love, 
While  the  poplars  iu  their  pleasure 
Wave  their  arms  above. 
Police  and  Pirates.     Yes,  the  trees  for  very  love 

Wave  their  leafy  arms  above. 
River,  river,  little  river  ! 
May  thy  loving  prosper  ever ! 
Heaven  speed  the  poplar  tree! 
May  thy  wooing  happy  he ! 
General.   Yes,  the  breeze  is  but  a  rover ! 
When  he  wings  away, 
Brook  and  poplar  mourn  a  lover, 
Sighing  "  Well-a-day !" 
All.  Well-a-day ! 

General.   Ah,  the  doing  and  undoing 
That  the  rogue  could  tell ! 
When  the  breeze  is  out  a-wooiug, 
Who  can  woo  so  well  ? 
Police  ajid  Pirates.     Shocking  talcs  the  rogue  could  tell, 
Nobody  can  woo  so  well ! 
Pretty  brook,  thy  dream  is  over, 
For  thy  love  is  but  a  rover. 
Sad  the  lot  of  poplar  trees 
Courted  by  a  fickle  breeze  ! 
(Enter  the  General's  daughters,  led  by  Mabel,  all  m  wh%tt 
'peignoirs  and  nightcaps,  and  carrying  candles.) 
Girls.     Now,  wliat  is  this  ?  and  what  is  that  ?  and  why  doei 
father  leave  his  rest 
At  such  a  time  of  night  as  this,  so  very  incompletely  dressed-? 
Dear  father  is,  and  always  was,  the  most  methodical  of  men ; 
It's  his  invariable  rule  to  go  to  bed  at  half-past  ten. 
What  strange  occurrence  can  it  be  that  calls  dear  father  from 

his  rest 
At  such  a  time  of  night  as  this,  su  very,  so  very  incompletelj 
dressed  ? 
Kino.     {Springing  up.)     Forw'ard,  my  men,  and  seize  that 
general  there ! 
His  life  is  over. 
General.     The  pirates !     Oh,  despair ! 
Mabel  a?u^  Girls.    The  pirates!  the  pirates! 

Oh,  despair  1 
Pirates.     Yes,  )  "^j  we  are  th  s  pirates,  so  despair  I 
General.     Frederic  here ?     Oh  joy!  oh  rapture! — 

Summon  your  men  and  effect  their  capture. 
Mabel.         Frederic,  save  ns ' 


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Fred.  Btautifiil  Mabel, 

I  would  if  I  could,  but  I  am  not  abift. 
Pirates.       He's  telling  the  truth  ;  he  is  uot  able. 

{They  seize  the  General.) 

King.  With  base  deceit 

You  worked  ujjou  our  fceliugs  ; 

Revenge  is  sweet, 
And  flavors  all  our  dealings. 

Witli  courage  rare, 
And  resolution  manly, 
For  death  prepare, 
Unhappy  General  Stanley! 
Fred.     {Coining  J'orivard.)      Alas!    alas!    unliap[)y  General 

Stauicjf 
Police.     {Piauissiino.)     Tarantara!  tarantara! 

(They  bind  the  General  to  broken  pillar  C.) 

Mabel.  (Wildly.)     Is  he  to  die,  uushriven  aud  unannealedT 

Girls.  Oh  spare  him ! 

Mabel.  Will  no  one  in  his  cause  a  weapon  wield  ? 

Girls.  Oh  spare  him ! 

Police.  (Springing  up.)     Yes,  we  are  here,  though  hitherto 

concealed. 

Girls.  Oh,  rapture ! 

Police.  So  to  our  powos,  pirates,  quickly  yield  ! 

Girls.  Oh,  rajjture! 

(A  struggle  ensues  between  Pirates  and  Police,  RuTn  tackling 
Sergeant.  Eventually  the  Police  are  overcome  and  fall  pros 
trute,  the  Pirates  standing  over  them  xoith  drawn  swords.) 

Pirates.  Police. 

We  triumph  now,  for  well  we  You  triumph  now,  ibr  well   w. 

troAv  trow 

Your     mortal     career's    cut  Our     mortal      career's     cm 

short ;  short ; 

No  pirate  band    will   take   its  No   i)irate  band    will  take   iii> 

stand  stand 

At    the     Central     Criminal  At    the     Central     Criminal 

Court.  Court. 

General.  To  gain  a  brief  advantage  you've  contrived. 

But  your  proud  trjum})h  will  not  be  lojig-lived ! 

King.  Don't  say  you're  orphans,  ibr  we  know  that  gane. 

Sergeant.  On  your  allegiance  we've  a  stronger  claim  : 

We  charge  you  yield,  in  Queen  Victoria's  name! 

King.     (Baffled.)      lou  doV 


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Police.  We  do ! 

Wp  charge  yon  yield  in  Queen  Victoria's  name! 

{Pirates  kneel ;  Police  stand  over  them  trituuphanily.) 

King.  We  yield  at  once  with  humbled  rairn, 

Becnise,  with  all  our  faults,  we  love  our  queen. 
Police.        Yes,  yes,  with  all  their  faults  they  love  their  queen. 

Police,  holdiuQ  Pirates  by  the  collar,  take  out  luindkercKiefs  f>.nd 

weep.) 

General.   Away  with  them,  and  place  them  at  the  bar ! 
Ruth.  One  moment:  let  me  tell  you  who  they  are. 

They  are  no  members  of  the  common  throng ; 

They  are  all  noblemen  who  have  gone  wrong. 
General,  Police,  and  GrRLS.     What!     ^/T noblemen? 
King  and  Pirates.     Yes,  all  noblemen! 
General,  Police,  a«cZ  Gt^tji      What!     All? 
King.  Well,  nearly  all. 

General.  No  Englishman  unmoved  that  statement  hears, 

Because,  with  all  our  faults,  we  love  our  House  of 
Peers ! 

(All  kneel.) 

Recit. — General. 

I  pray  you  pardon  me,  ex-pirate  king ; 

Peers  will  be  peers,  and  youth  will  have  its  fling. 

Resume  your  ranks  and  legislative  duties, 

And  take  my  daughters,  all  of  whom  are  beauties, 

{All  rise.     Each  Pirate  takes  a  Girl.) 

FINALE. 
Ruth.  At  length  we  are  provided,  with  unusual  facility, 

To  change  piratic  crime  for  dignified  respectability 
King.  Combined,  I  needn't  say,  with  the  unparalleled 

felicity 
Of  what  we  have  been  longing  for — unbounded 
domesticity. 
Mabel.        To-morrow  morning  early  we  will  quickly  be  par- 
soniticd — 
llyraeneally  coupled,  conjugally  matrimoiufied. 
Skroeant.  And  this  shall  be  accomplished   by  th*.  doctoi 
of  divinity 
Who  hap]>ily  resides  in  the  immedi*>.         ;idity. 
Ohoku.'^.        Who  happily  resides  in  the  inmied'tit      uinity. 


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QmSRAL.    My  military  knowledge,  though    I'id  j)lucky  aud 
adventury, 
Has  ouly  been  brought  down  to  the  beginning  of 

the  century  ; 
But  still,  in   getting  off  my  daughters — eight  or 

nine  or  ten  in  all — 
I've  shown  myself  the  model  of  a  modern  major 
general, 
KijAj.  Hia  military  knowledge,  etc. 

(Dance.) 
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